Introduction to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Dvds

Description

"Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" DVD features video content from a two-day professional workshop with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) experts Matthew McKay and Patricia Zurita Ona. Viewers learn everything they need to know to start incorporating ACT into their professional practices. Hosted by pioneering ACT psychologists this DVD offers clinicians all of the information they need to begin applying ACT in their practices. The DVD covers case conceptualization from an ACT perspective, treatment order and planning, and using the six ACT treatment processes: acceptance, mindfulness, defusion, self-as-context, values clarification, and committed action. The workshop then invites viewers to participate in exercises that allow them to directly experience ACT techniques and processes. Finally, viewers develop a clear grasp of how to implement ACT interventions in client sessions.

Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. He has authored and coauthored numerous books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Self-Esteem, Thoughts and Feelings, When Anger Hurts, and ACT on Life Not on Anger. In private practice, he specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety, anger, and depression. Patricia Zurita Ona, PsyD, is clinical supervisor at the Berkeley Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic and the Wright Institute's Behavioral Medicine Training Program. She provides training for graduate-level therapists. In private practice, she provides empirically-supported treatments for older adolescents and adults with mood and anxiety disorders.